scholarly journals Global and Regional Financial Integration in Emerging Asia: Evidence from Stock Markets

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Maria Caporale ◽  
Luis A. Gil-Alana ◽  
Kefei You
Keyword(s):  
Stock Markets ◽  
Financial Integration

A quantile regression approach to evaluate the relative impact of global and local factors on the MENA stock markets

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slah Bahloul ◽  
Nawel Ben Amor
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Market Returns ◽  
Stock Market Returns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis paper investigates the relative importance of local macroeconomic and global factors in the explanation of twelve MENA (Middle East and North Africa) stock market returns across the different quantiles in order to determine their degree of international financial integration.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use both ordinary least squares and quantile regressions from January 2007 to January 2018. Quantile regression permits to know how the effects of explanatory variables vary across the different states of the market.FindingsThe results of this paper indicate that the impact of local macroeconomic and global factors differs across the quantiles and markets. Generally, there are wide ranges in degree of international integration and most of MENA stock markets appear to be weakly integrated. This reveals that the portfolio diversification within the stock markets in this region is still beneficial.Originality/valueThis paper is original for two reasons. First, it emphasizes, over a fairly long period, the impact of a large number of macroeconomic and global variables on the MENA stock market returns. Second, it examines if the relative effects of these factors on MENA stock returns vary or not across the market states and MENA countries.

Analyzing Long-Term Dynamic Causal Linkages and Financial Integration Between the Capital Markets in Romania and Hungary

2019 ◽  
pp. 215-228
Keyword(s):  
Stock Markets ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Financial Contagion ◽  
Emerging Stock Markets ◽  
International Portfolio Diversification ◽  
Contagion Effects ◽  
Long Run ◽  
International Portfolio ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This chapter aims to investigate long-term dynamic causal linkages between stock markets in Hungary and Romania in order to obtain additional benefits based on international portfolio diversification, especially in terms of globalization. Emerging stock markets are generally considered to be more attractive for both institutional and individual financial investors due to certain stylized facts. The volatility transmission patterns, financial contagion effects, international interdependence and long-run causal linkages between international stock markets highlight the importance of a functional and stable financial environment. Technically, the structure of this subchapter includes both theoretical developments and additional empirical results. Moreover, the empirical analysis provides a quantitative perspective on global interdependencies between Romania and Hungary.

scholarly journals The Evolution of Financial Integration on Selected European Stock Markets: a Dynamic Principal Component Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Majewska ◽  
Joanna Olbryś
Keyword(s):  
Stock Markets ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Principal Component Approach ◽  
Component Approach ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
European Stock Markets ◽  
European Markets

The goal of this paper is to recognize the dynamics of financial integration across the European stock markets over the last two decades. We investigate two groups of markets: (1) three developed European markets in the U.K., France, and Germany; and (2) three emerging Central and Eastern European markets in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary (CEE–3). The evolution of the integration process is analyzed using a dynamic principal component approach. The index of integration serves as a robust measure of integration. The empirical results reveal that the dynamics of integration across the whole group of markets increased significantly following the CEEC–3’s accession to the European Union. An inverted U‑shape in the index of integration has been found in this case. Moreover, the average index of integration was significantly different during the Global Financial Crisis compared to the pre‑crisis period. 

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